As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
If we are to embrace our full potential as a city and region, says Keith Mahoney, we must recognize, support, and invest in the potential of our region's immigrants through English language education.
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Granting more than $550,000 in this cycle brings the total grantmaking from the Equality Fund over $2.8 million in support of LGBT+-led and -serving organizations.
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Dwight Poler, Chair of the Boston Foundation, is the founder and CEO of AccelR8 Ventures, a fund investing in early-stage climate change mitigation technologies. A condensed and edited version of this interview appeared in the Spring 2025 Issue of TBF News.
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Julia Howard, TBF Senior Program Officer, Climate, shares five reflections on for how she is approaching building the Foundation’s first programmatic climate strategy with parallels to her experience of running the Boston Marathon route.
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Queer News Tonight spotlights 'LGBTQ+ People in Massachusetts: Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities in a Diverse Community,' with a discussion of the importance of the report to offer a roadmap for moving forward, emphasizing that it could be replicated across the country.
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Boston Spirit reports on the release of 'LGBTQ+ People in Massachusetts: Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities in a Diverse Community,' offering new insights seven years after the release of the original 'Equality and Equity' report.
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With results of the nonprofit survey by TBF and MassINC Polling Group reflecting pessimism about the effect of Trump policies on the organizations and communities, the Dorchester Reporter contextualizes those sentiments through conversations with nonprofits, takeaways from the TBF survey release event, and historical comparisons.
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BBJ summarizes findings from a new report from The Fenway Institute and the Equality Fund at TBF studying the state's LGBT population, highlighting the overall growth in this population, up 26% from 2016 to 2022, and continued disparities in health, housing, and economic stability for the group.
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Published in partnership with the Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report explores the hurdles facing credentialed workers, such as doctors, lawyers and engineers, who immigrate to Massachusetts and seek to use their professional skills in their new home.
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Produced by MassINC Polling Group and a collaborative team of Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA)-serving organizations, this survey provides new insights about how Massachusetts APIA residents are faring across a wide swath of issues.
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Commissioned by the Latino Equity Fund and conducted by the Mauricio Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report takes a first-of-its-kind look at the geography, scale and reach of nonprofits and grassroots initiatives serving Massachusetts Latinos.
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In a new report, the Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation and the Fenway Institute explore the data and metrics around the state's LGBTQ+ population. While the data show increasing numbers of young people identifying as LGBTQ+, troubling gaps remain for some groups, leading to a series of recommendations for change.
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Our Winter newsletter explores the many dimensions of our work in Child Well-Being, which spans issues from maternal health partnerships to early education and care - and ranges in scope from grantmaking for startup ventures to robust advocacy for maternal health and child care funding.
